2006 Town Meeting Results

Scheduling

Concord 's 2006 Annual Town Meeting began on Monday, April 24 and continued on Tuesday, April 25, Wednesday, April 26, Monday, May 1st and concluded on Tuesday, May 2nd. Here are the final results of all 5 sessions.

Attendance

Attendance was 392 registered voters on April 24th; 599 on April 25th; 888 on April 26th; 365 on May 1st; and 293 on 5/2. The un-duplicated count was 1,297 voters (i.e., the No. of different individuals who attended at least 1 session of this year's Annual Town Meeting).

Public School Budget ($25,460,285, with $240,468 of this amount contingent on Proposition 2½ override approval)

Passed

10

April 24

Regional School Budgets: Concord-Carlisle Regional High School Budget ($12,336,746, with $204,019 of this amount contingent on Proposition 2½ override approval) Non-Binding Resolution to increase the CCHS budget by $2 for the benefit of Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education Program passed, with the understanding that the total appropriation will not be increased Proposed amendment to decrease CCHS appropriation by $200,000 failed to pass Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District Assessment ($502,317)

Burke Land Financing Plan-Sale of School Land on Strawberry Hill Road; Amendment No. 1 Passed, requiring the development of the Strawberry Hill Road site to have a maximum of 20 units, with a minimum of 25% affordable (253 voting in favor; 168 opposed); Amendment No. 2 limiting the development of the site to 8 single-family units and preserving the ridge and wetlands failed to pass; Amendment No. 3 recommending a study committee, which would delay any sale until after the 2008 or 2009 Annual Town Meetings failed to pass

Additional Debt Authorization for Air Conditioning at Thoreau School ($350,000 appropriation from borrowing-debt exclusion previously passed)

Passed by 2/3 Majority Vote

41

May 1

Concord Public Schools Renovations ( 800-000-from borrowing)

Passed by 2/3 Majority Vote

42

April 26

Design Funds for New Willard School ($840-000-from borrowing; debt exclusion approved at March 28 ballot)

Passed by 2/3 Majority Vote

43

May 1

Willard School Renovations

No Motion

44

May 1

FY2006 Supplemental Appropriation Concord Public Schools

No Motion

45

May 1

Concord-Carlisle High School Building Improvements ($1,200,000 appropriation and approval of debt authorized by the Regional School Committee, subject to debt exclusion vote at June 2006 override election)

Neighborhood Conservation District Bylaw for Concord (by Petition); Amendment No. 1 requiring 2/3 of property owners in the proposed district to agree in writing to the NCD passed; Amendment No. 2 requiring a minimum of 7 houses in a NCD failed to pass

Main Motion as amended failed to pass (59 voting in favor; 205 opposed)

60

May 2

Neighborhood Conservation District Bylaw-Guidelines for the Revolutionary Ridge (by Petition)